“ Knowledge doesn't really form part of human nature. Conflict, combat, the outcome of the combat, and, consequently, risk and chance are what gives rise to knowledge. Knowledge is not instinctive; it i… Michel Foucault
“ You would be derailing your life voluntarily out of fear that it might become ruined by chance. Or you could pick up and move on. Those were the only choices. Nicole Bernier
“ I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk. Paulo Coelho
“ What we did, what every president since Washington has done, was provide a measured, appropriate response, in direct relation to a realistic threat assessment. Max Brooks
“ There's no safety in love. You risk the whole of life. But the great thing is to risk -to believe, and to risk everything for your belief. Elizabeth von Arnim
“ We named her Dorothy Ann. Dolly, for short. I kissed her warily, fearful of the pain of loving her, love her, though love her I did; fearful lest she hurt me by dying. Nancy E. Turner
“ You must go further than I did, Nedra said. You know that.Further?With your life. You must become free.She did not explain it; she could not. It was not a matter of living alone, though in her case th… James Salter
“ Some have won a wild delight,By daring wilder sorrow;Could I gain thy love to-night,I'd hazard death to-morrow. Charlotte Bronte
“ Like most people, when I look back, the family house is held in time, or rather it is now outside of time, because it exists so clearly and it does not change, and it can only be entered through a doo… Jeanette Winterson
“ Freedom is always associated with risk taking, whether it leads to it or comes from it. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ It's just something I'll have to live with... The possibility of getting sick. Not knowing if I'll live another two years or forty years. I keep telling myself, I could walk outside and get hit by a b… Tess Gerritsen
“ I think I’m getting a notion of how to do this. O.K., a carnival works because people pay to feel amazed and scared. They can nibble around a midway getting amazed here and scared there, or both. And… Katherine Dunn
“ If we are too friendly to nice, decent bishops, we run the risk of buying into the fiction that there's something virtuous about believing things because of faith rather than because of evidence. We r… Richard Dawkins
“ Let the attitude of your life be a continual willingness to "go out" in dependence upon God, and your life will have a sacred and inexpressible charm about it that is very satisfying to Jesus. You mus… Oswald Chambers
“ It's a hard thing to risk what you know and are sure of, just for the possibility of something better. Even when it's a pretty strong possibility, and something that's a whole lot better. Patricia C. Wrede
“ In ancient Rome, when a victorious general paraded through the streets, legend has it that he was sometimes trailed by a servant whose job it was to repeat to him, Memento Mori: Remember you will die… Walter Isaacson
“ I praise CBS for taking a risk, which is always the price you pay for opportunity. This is not standard movie of the week storytelling. I think movies of the week have fallen into a niche and that isn… Tom Selleck
“ When we walk to the edge of all the light we have and take a step into the darkness of the unknown, we must believe that one of two things will happen. There will be something solid for us to stand on… Patrick Overton
“ A natural response when people feel overwhelmed is to retreat into various forms of passivity. If we don’t try too much in life, if we limit our circle of action, we can give ourselves the illusion of… Robert Greene
“ They say ol’ man Beach is crazy. And maybe he is. But he goes ahead anyways. He’s the sort of man who knows the only things worth doing are the things might break your heart. Colum McCann
